Darren Wilson Supporters Raise More Than Fund For Michael Brown On GoFundMe

A screenshot of the homepage of the GoFundMe page for Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Photo: GoFundme

The organizers of the page say, “We stand behind Officer Darren Wilson and his family during this trying time in their lives. All proceeds will be sent directly to Darren Wilson and his family for any financial needs they may have including legal fees.”

Along with the flood of donations, organizers have also seemingly had to contend with racially-charged commentary. Donors can leave a message on the page when they make their donations, and many have written derogatory comments about Brown, “illegal immigrants” and ethnic minorities.

In an update posted Thursday evening, organizers said that they “want to address all of the inappropriate comments submitted on our page,” though at the time of writing, they had not done so.

Supporters of Wilson have previously rallied in Ferguson and sold T-shirts to raise money for the officer. Although, as the Huffington Post notes, pro-Wilson gatherings have been significantly smaller than the protests around Brown's death.

Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump says on GoFundMe that the money raised will go directly to the Brown family and not toward legal fees, according to the Los Angeles Times.